PM's cabinet splits as Roxon, Evans quit

[nero_bolt]

Rome is burning and Labor is imploding and more will come and its all under Gillards leadership.

JULIA GILLARD has been forced into an emergency Cabinet reshuffle following the shock resignations last night of Attorney-General Nicola Roxon and Higher Education Minister Chris Evans.

Ms Roxon is set to announce today she will quit Cabinet but remain in Parliament until the election.

Senior government sources confirmed the resignations which come only only days after the Prime Minister announced an election for September 14.

Ms Gillard will face caucus on Monday before Parliament resumes the following day with the government in chaos.

Last night frantic calls were being made among senior MPs as word leaked out about the resignations, with renewed talk about the stability of Ms Gillard's leadership. Ms Roxon's decision comes only days after she rolled back controversial anti-discrimination legislation banning conduct that offends, insults or intimidates.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/prime-minister-julia-gillards-campaign-in-disarray-as-minister-for-higher-education-chris-evans-resigns/story-e6freuy9-1226567059223

Abandon ship! Now Roxon tipped to quit, too

It’s starting to look like a stampede for the gates:

JULIA Gillard has been forced to reshuffle her ministry after veteran Chris Evans’ decision to quit and with Attorney-General Nicola Roxon expected to announce today her retirement from politics at the next el...

One senior Labor MP told The Weekend Australian late last night that “Rome is burning"…

[Former Attorney-General Robert] McClelland, a Kevin Rudd supporter, said this week he would not contest his seat at the election.

Roxon has demonstrated this past year how inadequate she is for high office. Her vitriolic attacks on the alleged personal shortcomings of Tony Abbott made her seem shrill, but far worse were her clumsy, deceptive and inappropriately partisan handling of the James Ashby case and her outrageous attempt to introduce wide-ranging new laws to restrict debate on politics, race, religion and even “social origin” that might give “offence” and “insult”.

She has been an almost completely negative factor for the Government - the Minister for Hectoring and Censoring - and her departure will disappoint very few. Sadly, her mooted replacement, Mark Dreyfus, promises little better. 

http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/andrewbolt/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/abandon_ship_now_roxon_tipped_to_quit_too/

How many more rats will desert this sinking and stinking ship... 

[idlewhile]

Want to spend more time with the family???  Oh please, are you all going to fall for that old chestnut.

Nothing to do with the fact that Gillard called an election & didn't inform her party colleagues about it.

She didn't feel the need to call a party room meeting, didn't feel a memo would be polite?  but it was no trouble for her to have consultations for weeks with Oakshott & Windsor, she even informed the Greens before her own party.

What a slap in the face for all of them.

[azureline**]

so, Evans is psychic and knew a year ago the PM was calling an election now?

[just_me_karen]

:^O ROFLMAO @ people who let themselves get manipulated by Andrew Bolt :^O

[lakeland27]

what a great success roxon has been .. the plain packaging works .. meanwhile the libs still accept blood money from big tobacco.

[kengillard]

blood money LL?

[lightningdance]

what a great success roxon has been .. the plain packaging works .. meanwhile the libs still accept blood money from big tobacco.

.

I wouldn't call a donation of $2,500 blood money but you never let the facts get in the way of your point of view.

[kengillard]

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/alp-still-seeking-political-donations-from-tobacco-companies/story-fn59niix-1226077398148

[katydidthat]

I will just point out that the article is from June 2011 🙂

[not_an_eloi]

these are not shock resignations to those involved.

at the very beginning of the press conference, it was confirmed that both of those people 'ad made their intentions clear to the prime minister, as far back as a year ago. 

it's the perfect time for them to make their intentions public, for the election campaign movin' forward, any other time would give nero's slimy heroes the opportunity to claim deceit.  

further, comin' at a time when a great many people 'ave just lost all of their possessions in bushfires, the flippant reference in the opening post, to rome burnin',  was a filthy choice of words   

[kengillard]

oh....so polite of you katy.......hides head in shame:-p